David Ben-Gurion started standing on his head avdised by Dr. mOSHE fELDENKRAIS THAT CLAIMED HIS HEAD WAS MUCHBIGGER THAN HIS BODY
eVERY MORNING HE USED TO EAT "kOOTCH mOOTCH", A SWEET CHEESE PUDDING MADE BY HIS WIFE pauLA.
aLTHOUGH HE NEVER LIKED IT, HE KEPT EATING IT AFTER SHE PASSED AWAY TO RESPECT HER AND TO KEEP THE MOMRY ALIVE
ThE CONSUMED SLEEPING TABLETS UNTIL HEARING THEY MAY CAUSE MEMORY PROBLEMS THEN STOPPED. hE SLEPPED NO MORE THAN 2 HOURS A NIGHT
He used to correspond with many people in iSrael for years but never actually met them
1886 Born in Plonsk, Poland on October 16.
1906 Immigration to Eretz-Israel.
1914 Expelled from Israel together with Ben-Zvi.
1915 Goes to the USA, and sets up the “Hechalutz” Movement.
1917 Marries Paula Munweis.
Founds the Jewish Battalion in the USA, and joins its ranks.
Founds “Achdut Ha’avoda” with some friends.
1921 Appointed first Secretary of the Histadrut. 1933 Elected as Chairman of the Jewish Agency. 1938 Appears before the “Peel Commission” and claims a Jewish State in Eretz-Israel.
1942 Announces the struggle for the Jewish State.
1945 Visits survivors’ camps in Europe.
1947 The U.N passes the Partition Plan, authorizing the establishment of a Jewish State.
Outbreak of battles of the War of Independence with local Palestinian militias.
1948 Declaration of Independence.
Neighboring Arab countries join the war Establishment of the Israeli Defence Forces.
Ben-Gurion Becomes the first Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the State of Israel
1949 Ben-Gurion decides about the to transfer the government institutions to Jerusalem, as the Capital of Israel.
1951 Visits the USA, announces the establishment of the Bonds Organization.
Meets Truman and leaders of the American administration.
1953 Resigns from the Government and retires to Sde-Boker.
1955 Returns to the Government as Minister of Defence.
1886 Born in Plonsk, Poland on October 16.
1906 Immigration to Eretz-Israel.
1914 Expelled from Israel together with Ben-Zvi.
1915 Goes to the USA, and sets up the “Hechalutz” Movement.
1917 Marries Paula Munweis.
Founds the Jewish Battalion in the USA, and joins its ranks.
Founds “Achdut Ha’avoda” with some friends.
1921 Appointed first Secretary of the Histadrut. 1933 Elected as Chairman of the Jewish Agency. 1938 Appears before the “Peel Commission” and claims a Jewish State in Eretz-Israel.
1942 Announces the struggle for the Jewish State.
1945 Visits survivors’ camps in Europe.
1947 The U.N passes the Partition Plan, authorizing the establishment of a Jewish State.
Outbreak of battles of the War of Independence with local Palestinian militias.
1948 Declaration of Independence.
Neighboring Arab countries join the war Establishment of the Israeli Defence Forces.
Ben-Gurion Becomes the first Prime Minister and Minister of Defence of the State of Israel
1949 Ben-Gurion decides about the to transfer the government institutions to Jerusalem, as the Capital of Israel.
1951 Visits the USA, announces the establishment of the Bonds Organization.
Meets Truman and leaders of the American administration.
1953 Resigns from the Government and retires to Sde-Boker.
1955 Returns to the Government as Minister of Defence.
1956 Sinai Campaign - Ben-Gurion, Prime Minister and Minister of Defence.
1960-1961 Meets with Eisenhower, Churchill, Macmillin, Adenauer, De Gaulle, Kennedy and Diefenbaker.
1963 Resigns from the Government for the last time.
1968 Paula Ben-Gurion dies.
1971 Retires from the Knesset.
1973 Ben-Gurion dies, December 1.
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